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- From: hammer1@carson.u.washington.edu (The Ghost of Elvis)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: Killer-meteorite ?
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 03:44:49 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- L629159@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- .......
-
- > I recall the story of the woman struck by the meteorite. The local
- >newspapers ran a photo. It was a nasty bruise. Good thing the meteor
- >didn't get a straight shot at her... My recollection puts the site
- >in Tennessee, but it's a long time ago. ........
-
- >Al Moore
-
- The woman was Mrs. Annie (E. Hewlett) Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama.
- She was struck by a nine-pound stony meteorite that crashed through her
- roof on Nov. 30, 1954... It's a good thing it took a couple bounces around
- the inside of her living room first, judging by the size of the bruise it
- left on her...
-
- Mark Hammergren,
- Dept. of Astronomy
- University of Washington
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